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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
296 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
277 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
201 days
324 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
102 days
60 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
171 days
93 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
298 days
401 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
378 days
324 days
Andrea MacDonald
Bridgewater
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Brittany Black
Truro
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Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
404 days
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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256 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
13 days
64 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
290 days
228 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
283 days
246 days
Andrea MacDonald
Bridgewater
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Brittany Black
Truro
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Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
220 days
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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90 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 2021
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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